New Zealand’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as France’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 4,780 m above New Zealand’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 37% of New Zealand

France: 52.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

France has 13 times as many people as New Zealand

France: 68.7 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

France is 6.3 times as densely populated as New Zealand

France: 128 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 4.5 years older than in New Zealand

France: 41.8 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

France and New Zealand are practically level

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

France: 22.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

France hosts 28 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

France: 9.5 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

France’s economy is 13 times the size of New Zealand’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

France produces 12% more per person than New Zealand

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

France: 31.8 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

France: 0.1% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

France: 7.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

France: 2% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, France’s 23%

France: 22.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× France’s

France: 77% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

France spends 6% more on health per person than New Zealand

France: $5,327 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 18% more likely to die before turning one than in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 10% more doctors per person than France

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in France is 7% higher than in New Zealand

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

France: 33.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.41 points higher than in France

France: 6.59 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in France drink 26% more alcohol than in New Zealand

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

France and New Zealand are nearly identical here

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

France has 368 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 220 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 1.1 years longer than in France

France: 11.8 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

France welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as New Zealand (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

France has 53 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (56 against 3)

France: 56 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

France: 985 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in France is 69% faster than in New Zealand

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

France and New Zealand are practically level

France: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 79% in France

France: 79% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

France’s railway network is 6.7 times as long as New Zealand’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from France

France: 0.94 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 33% of France

France: 32.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 57% more CO₂ than someone in France

France: 4 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in France carries 27% more fine dust than in New Zealand

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 43% deadlier than in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 3.0 °C warmer than New Zealand

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 38% more rain than France

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)